ERIC RICKSTAD
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
LILITH
2024 NPR BOOKS WE LOVE PICK
"Honest to the core, fearless, and written with impeccable pacing and economy of language...should be mandatory reading..." — National Public Radio
LILITH
Long-Listed for 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize
for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture
LILITH
2024 NPR BOOKS WE LOVE
IN THE PRESS
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"LILITH is a gripping tale of love, power, courage, and morality. Eric Rickstad is at his very best with this timely and poignant novel."
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I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM
A New York Times
Best Thriller of the Year
Amazon Best Book
of the Month
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Apple Best Book
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“I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM is a tale not just of profound misunderstanding but dynastic wealth and dysfunction, of how money and power can warp a community…[A] shocker of a finale.”
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"THE SILENT GIRLS is a bone-chilling mystery set in one of New England's darkest corners, the kind of place travelers are well-advised to avoid after nightfall. This well-crafted book will have you staying up late, turning pages and afraid to turn off the light."
DON WINSLOW
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
CITY OF RUINS
SARAH LYALL
NEW YORK TIMES
PAUL DOIRON
AUTHOR of
THE MICHAEL BOWDITCH SERIES
ERIC RICKSTAD
Eric Rickstad is the New York Times and international bestselling author of seven novels. His most recent novel, LILITH, was praised by NPR as a novel that "shows you society with love and great insight into what makes us tick, but also with brutal honesty and under a stark, unwavering light. This is a brave, timely novel that goes straight to the damaged soul of this country."
His previous novel I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM was a New York Times Thriller of the Year. His other novels include WHAT REMAINS OF HER, REAP, and The Canaan Crime Series — LIE IN WAIT, THE SILENT GIRLS, and THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS — which has been translated into many languages and has sold more than a half million copies worldwide.
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Previously, he was an instructor in Emerson College's MFA graduate writing program and an instructor in American Literature at Boston University.
For nearly a decade he was a senior copywriter for a premier outdoor sporting lifestyle company.
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He lives in Vermont.
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